John McCain: A Political Comedy in Thirteen Acts

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The caption does not lie: All of the above caricatures were taken directly from Wednesday's debate. They appeared in the following order in the compilation I watched:

12, 3, 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 9, 8, 11, 2, 6, 13.

At any rate, unbeknownst to most observers, John McCain's quirky outbursts were, contrary to popular opinion, not the result of his senility or natural irritability. They were in reality attributable to his confusing the debate for a rehearsal of The Many and Various Affectations of an Angry Old Coot, a delightful late-nineteenth century Vaudeville show which he played the leading role.

Tumors Upon Endless Tumors

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We all know that John McCain's face is a grotesque series of tumors upon tumors, but did you know that McNasty is also a malignant growth upon the very body politic itself, one capable of naught but regurgitating intellectually bankrupt domestic policies? Anyhow, it suffices to say that I was not at all impressed with John McWarpants' performance Tuesday, though I will concede that he fared better during the foreign policy segment than he did during the first debate. Still, neither candidate provided a satisfactory answer in the said category in my estimation.

The American people, meanwhile, seem to agree that Obama won both debates handily; the McCain campaign rejoined shortly thereafter that the American people are in the tank for Obama, and therefore must be bombed remorselessly into the ground.

On an unrelated topic, this cartoon did not appear in this Friday's issue of the Maroon on account of pressing format issues. So consider this an Online Exclusive!